This Week in Weird, May 7

In this week’s edition, a man gets prison for tattooing a baby, police arrest a “ninja,” a man is hurt by a falling ottoman and more.

Milford Daily News

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Posted May. 7, 2010 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 7, 2010 at 7:12 AM

Posted May. 7, 2010 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 7, 2010 at 7:12 AM

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Ohio man gets 3 years in prison for tattooing tot

CANTON, Ohio - Whatever his reasoning, Lee M. Deitrick thought it wise to tattoo a toddler’s bottom. It wasn’t even his child.

Now the 20-year-old Louisville man has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Deitrick pleaded guilty in Stark County Common Pleas Court to two felony child endangering charges as part of a plea deal with county prosecutors.

Deitrick tattooed the outline of the letter “A” on the child’s buttock. The mark covers about one-half inch.

The mother — a friend of Deitrick’s — left her then-19-month-old at Deitrick’s home for a few hours on Nov. 7 while she visited a friend in the hospital, said Katie Chawla, assistant Stark County prosecutor.

One of the child’s relatives, 17-year-old Brandi Nelson, held the girl across her lap, Chawla said.

“I don’t know whose idea it was. It was late in the evening and apparently somebody thought it was a good idea,” Chawla said.

County prosecutors maintain the tattooing caused the girl serious, permanent disfigurement and involved sharp and or prolonged pain. Deitrick had the tattoo equipment and has given tattoos to others, Chawla said.

Deitrick declined when asked by Judge Lee Sinclair if he wished to say anything during his court hearing.

Police arrest 'ninja'

ASHLAND, Mass. - Police arrested two men and summoned a third to court, claiming the trio - one of whom was dressed as a ninja - robbed a man in Hopkinton State Park.

Adrian Bleakney, 19, was arrested after he turned himself in to the Hopkinton Police Department, according to a press release from the Ashland Police Department. Ashland Police Lt. Richard M. Briggs confirms Bleakney was dressed as a ninja during the robbery.

An interview with Bleakney led to a second arrest. Shane Newton, 17, was arrested after Westborough Police found him hiding in a bedroom closet at his home.

Both men have been charged with armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

A third suspect, Matthew Moynahan, 17, will be summoned to court to face a charge of armed robbery.

Police said three men approached two other men about 5 p.m. at the park and robbed them at knifepoint, stealing one of their wallets.

The victim chased after the men and jumped in the bed of a pickup truck that they drove off in, fighting with one of the suspects in the back of the truck.

Bleakney reached through the truck's back window and punched the victim in the face with brass knuckles, knocking him out of the truck, police said. The victim suffered minor injuries.

Page 2 of 2 - Man hurt by falling ottoman

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Springfield man was sent to the emergency room last Sunday afternoon after an apartment manager accidentally dropped an ottoman on his head.

The 32-year-old victim complained of head pain and had a cut on the left side of his head but did not lose consciousness.

The incident happened about 4:30 p.m. at an apartment building. According to police, the building manager was cleaning out an upstairs apartment and threw an ottoman out a window without looking outside first. The victim was standing below, and the ottoman landed on his head.

The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Alleged thief’s address found on stolen GPS units at pawn shop

ROCKLAND, Mass. - A Rockland resident who police say entered his own address into at least one stolen GPS device has been charged with receiving stolen property after police uncovered several of the devices at a local pawn shop.

Kevin Lundgren, 26, was arraigned in Hingham District Court on Monday on a charge of receiving stolen property of an amount under $250 and false pretense in a commercial transaction.

Donnelly plugged six of the shop’s GPS units into his police cruiser to search the home addresses, hoping it would help his investigation. Three of the devices showed addresses where GPS units were reported stolen.

A fourth unit was linked to Lundgren’s home address.

The pawn shop had a sales slip showing Lundgren sold the shop two GPS units for $60 cash, the one with his address and another reported stolen.

Slow-speed chase leads to arrest

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - After running a red light, a driver in a Toyota Camry allegedly attempted to elude Downers Grove police by driving slowly down the road.

Erik Sorlie, 24, was charged with attempting to elude police after driving through a red light, according to reports.

Police said the Camry went through the intersection after the light had been red for about four seconds. The driver continued to drive down the road, and the officer followed him, according to reports.

Sorlie was not speeding but also not stopping for the officer, according to reports. The officer was told to stop following Sorlie, who was later arrested in a nearby town.